23 Aug 1953
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1953
Page
1
Production workers will return to Pickett Cotton Mill on Monday ending a 19 week strike at the yarn plant. Management expects full production by week’s end and no jobs will be lost. Union leader says officials are satisfied with the outcome but details remain undisclosed.
Mrs. Walter E. Clark principal owner of the Charleston Daily Mail was found beaten to death in her Charleston home. An autopsy showed skull fractures and bleeding from blows to the head. A 2 year old grandson was asleep nearby as investigators looked for a weapon amid signs of ransacking.
A British scientist warned that a cobalt based bomb might annihilate the human race in a single strike. The concept uses cobalt dust to spread lasting radioactivity, with an estimated 10 000 tons of cobalt needed. The idea remains speculative and unseen by confirmed tests.
Brief: Ada section and editorial page highlighted with women’s news and community notices. The readable fragment suggests columns on local events and social topics without full detail. No specific names or places are confirmed in the available text.
Washington reports the State Department views international control of atomic energy as unlikely due to Russia's rigid stance after confirmation that the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen device. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith urged broader information exchange with Allied nations while supporting UN cooperation and a practical plan.
FBI agents captured 23 year old William J Towns in Logansport Indiana ten minutes after he arrived. He faced multiple federal complaints including murder and interstate transportation of a stolen car. Towns may be linked to Pennsylvania Turnpike shootings and the killing of Army Pvt Gordon Bunfill.
Navy veteran Sidney Herman 23 balanced for over 18 hours on a hospital ledge at Far Hamilton Veterans Hospital 14 stories high. Firemen prepared a net and rescue plan with psychiatrist approval as crowds watched and his mother and brother awaited the outcome.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi returned to Tehran in triumph after the Mossadegh government fell. Royalists showered him with tears and kisses while troops and guards maintained strict security as Tehran awaited a post coup future. Mossadegh and six lieutenants were imprisoned.
Raleigh August 22 The Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association delayed opening dates for the Middle Belt September 1 to 8 and the Old Belt September 14 to 21. Sandhills markets Sanford Carthage Ellerbe Aberdeen Fuquay-Varina proceed next Thursday.
Soviet Premier Malenkov attacked Adenauer in a Moscow radio speech and released a communique urging a quick all German peace conference. He accused Bonn of steering Germany toward war and warned West German voters amid the election campaign.
Cameron Morrison 83 former North Carolina governor and congressman was buried in Charlotte after dying of a heart attack in Canada while on vacation with his grandson James J. Harris Jr. and secretary O R. Jamison. Prominent leaders attended Covenant Presbyterian Church for funeral services and Elmwood Cemetery interment followed.
At Panmunjom on August 23 American soldiers freed from Communist camps cheered and yelled while South Korean repatriates protested angrily atRed Korean officers. The 19th day of Operation Big Switch saw 150 Americans and 250 South Koreans repatriated, including Carolina soldiers Henry E. Bradford Oliver J. Cline and Randall Atkinson.
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